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Article Title: Lewis and Clark on the Middle Missouri

Full Citation: Gary E Moulton, “Lewis and Clark on the Middle Missouri,” Nebraska History 81 (2000): 90-105

URL of article: http://www.nebraskahistory.org/publish/publicat/history/full-text/NH2000LewisClark.pdf Date: 11/05/2012

Article Summary: Lewis and Clark’s exploration of the Missouri between Sioux City, Iowa, and Pickstown, South Dakota, involved not only the terrain but also the plants and animals of the region. The also made its first contact with Sioux Indians during that part of its expedition.

Cataloging Information:

Names: Charles Floyd, , , Moses B Reed, La Liberté, Thomas Jefferson, Patrick Gass, Georges Drouillard, Joseph Field, Reubin Field, York, George Shannon, Nicholas Biddle, John Colter, Pierre Dorion Sr, Nathaniel Pryor, Pierre Cruzatte, James Aird, Andrew Ellicott, Robert Patterson, Benjamin Smith Barton

Place Names: Camp Dubois, ; Sioux City, Iowa; Spirit Mound, South Dakota; Ionia, Dixon County, Nebraska; Bon Homme County, South Dakota; Council Bluff, Nebraska; Calumet Bluff, Nebraska

Plants Discovered by Lewis and Clark: buffaloberry (Shepherdia argentea), Indian breadroot (Pediomelum esculentum), Rocky Mountain bee plant (Cleome serrutata), pasture sagewort (Artemisia frigida)

Animals Discovered by Lewis and Clark: buffalo (Bison bison), pronghorn (Antilocapra americana), mule deer (Odocoileus heminonus), prairie dog (Cynomys ludovicianus), grizzly bear (Ursus horribilis)

Keywords: Charles Floyd, Corps of Discovery, Meriwether Lewis, William Clark, Moses B Reed, La Liberté, Purchase, Patrick Gass, Georges Drouillard, Joseph Field, Reubin Field, York, George Shannon, Nicholas Biddle, John Colter, Pierre Dorion Sr, Nathaniel Pryor, Yankton Sioux Indians, akicita (soldier society), Pierre Cruzatte, James Aird

Photographs / Images: “Floyd’s Grave, Where Lewis and Clark Buried Sargeant Floyd in 1804” (George Catlin); Clark-Maximilian pictographic map, sheet # 7, Route about August 26-September 3, 1804; pronghorn (antelope); mule deer; prairie dog; “Captain Clark and his men shooting Bears” (Patrick Gass); “Captains Lewis & Clark holding a Council with the Indians” (Patrick Gass); today upstream from Niobrara, Knox County

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